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A HUGE gatentdaan. 26', 188.6.

NITED STATES,

' PATENT Ormes;

- EDWARD F, sHE'LLABnRGER, or MOUNT VERNON, lo HIo.

FENCE.

^- vs1?ncrr'rc'n'rror:forming part of Leiters Patent No. ascendentesJanuary ze, 188e.

` :Application inea 'september is, lees.. .termi No. 117,464. (Nrhoaei.i^

To all whom it may concern:

v Be it known that JI, EDWARD F. SHELLA- BERGER,a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Mount Vernon, in the cou-ntyoi'v Knox-and State ofOhio,"have`invented certain'new and useful Improvements in Fences;and'ldo dealare the following Ato be a full, clear, and

'exact description of the invention, suchL as will enable .othersskilled in the art to which it appertaius to make and use the same,reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, and to the letters andgures of ref` erence marked thereon, which form a part ofthisspecication. l Y I e 4'This invention relat'esto pickets forfencing; and itvhas for its object'to. produce a .picket which shall-resemble 'somewhat the appearance of aliat strip and presentador-'.namentaloutline, which latter, besides serv;

ingtoV please` and gratiiy the eye, acts, to.

fstiienand, in conjunction with the means em-l ployed to hold the picketin place, prevents w anyvertical or turning movement thereof'in itskeepers.

Theinvention consists of a picket produced from arod of met-al, orvsuitable material, cri1nped,or provided with suitable bends regularlyformed and folded on itself', so that the innermost element of eachbeud-onone leg of the picket will come opposite the in" nern'iostelement of the bends of therother leg, thereby forming interstices ofregular shape between the' legs and a'crresponding outer 4, contour. x35 picket, 'each section representing,afpcketofV bends in the rodscomposed of' .ing drawings, in 'which- The `i`ornn` of bendisimmaterialto the car-A rying out of the spirit-'of myin'vention; but

preferred forms are shown in as some shapes are better adapted thanothers"4 the accom pany- Fignre' l is 'an elevation or three sections-of wire fence 'piovidedfwith my "improved,

diierent outline. Fig. -2 is an 'enlarged detailof'a portion of apicketrepresented` in section A, the bends being formed of regular rightand left curves. 'Fig-3 is an enlarged Fig. 4is a view of a portion'ofsection C, len- Jefe of. Fig. 3;

f secondV described straight lines.

larged, showing the' bends formed on a regular curve and separated byshort straight porf tions of the'rod. I

The picket vshown in section A is formed of a rod, a', the bends ofwhich are composed of alternate right and left curves, e'andf,ofregu'lar form, thus giving lthe rod a wave-l vlike appearance., Thisrod'is folded on itself,

preferably at the -middle of one of the curves,

which' will canseuth'e innermost `eler'nents of the corresponding curvesto coincidefthe outwardcurving portions inclosing elliptical spaces. v l

rI he rod vcom posing the picketrepresented I lin section B-has itsbendsformed on straight' ..lines feachothen 'as shown vin dotted lines.to the i or theymay `be inversely in-l clined tofeach other and joinedby shortl par; :t

-which'may unite 'at right angles fto allel portionsl g, asA indicatedinfull4 lines. This rodwhen-folded.v will inclose either a series otsquare lor hexagonal spaces,- according as itsbends are-forn1ed afterthe first or I manner, as clearl y illustrated insectionB.- f-

. Section Ghas'itsipicket frshioned from a;

rod thebendsof'whichare hemispherical in outline andv united by tionsIt.

straight portions will -coincide andbe adja'- v centv to each-other, asshown in fulllines, section G, will inclose a series openings, Whereasif folded s o as to have the curved portions coincide and contact theinclosed spaceswill resemble'a square-with .concave 'edges, asillustrated by 'dotted ,lines in section'C.

. .'It will be noticed. that the.l picket, when.

complete, presents an 'alternate swelled and contracted or-neck portion,which-'latter aff fords a convenient meansfor securing lthem short'straight porr This? rod, when folded -so that the -to rails or ribswithordinary-,staplesas the i `latter will spanboth legs of the foldedrod v'at its contracted portion. The folding of the rod prevents lwheninposition, .as the one forms a lock for end, whichlatteij also forxnstaneat and ornamental iinish. Y

either leg thereof from turning 95 the other, by reason of theirunitedor'doubled v Having thus described my invention, whatinpositiomsubtntiallyin the manner herein- 1o I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters before speeied, substantially as and -for thePatent, ,is-f I' 4 purposes set forth.

As a new artiel'e Aof manufacture, ven picket In testimony 'whereof Iaffix my signature 5 formedof a rod provided with bends regclin presenceof two witnesses.

larly formed and folded on itself, the inneri EDWARD E. SHELLABERGER.

folded rod coming directly opposite each FRANK MOORE, other and'touehingwhen the picket is secured HUGH L. DAVIS.'

